AISTATS Conference Stub Site

This repository is the GitHub template for yearly AISTATS conference websites (aistats20XX). Create a new public repository from this template, then replace the 20XX placeholders.

The site is a Jekyll project hosted on GitHub Pages. Most content is driven by YAML in _config.yml and markdown pages; the visual chrome comes from the remote theme aistats/jekyll-theme.

Create the yearly repo (org admin)

These steps need admin access on the aistats GitHub organisation:

1. Create a new public repository named aistatsXXXX from this template (new repository).
2. Set a short description (dates and venue), then create the repo.
3. Create an aistatsXXXX admin team and grant it admin on that repository.
4. After the site is live, update the society landing page at aistats.github.io if this year should be listed as current.

First steps after creating aistats20XX

1. Set baseurl to /aistats20XX/ and repository / ghub.repository in _config.yml.
2. Fill conference.year, instance, location, venue, dates, banner, and banner_title.
3. Add chair details under conference.chairs and a contact email under author.email.
4. Place banner (and optional venue) images in assets/images/.
5. Confirm the site builds at https://aistats.org/aistats20XX/.

Organiser workflow notes (venue, committees, submissions, and so on) live in _doc/. Those files are not published as site pages.

Programme management (CIPs, backlog, VibeSafe) for AISTATS sites and themes lives in the sibling site-management repository (aistats/site-management), not in this template.

Page layout

Standard public pages match recent conferences (2023–2025):

File	Purpose
index.md	Home
dates.md	Key dates ({% include listdates.html %})
call-for-papers.md	Call for papers
code-of-conduct.md	Code of conduct
registration.md	Registration
committee.html	Organising committee from _config.yml
faqs.md / reviewer_guidelines.md / ac_guidelines.md	Author and review guidance (guidelines are seeded from recent years; edit in place, then fold improvements back into this stub)
invited.md / schedule.md / awards.md	Programme
camera.md / poster.md	Camera-ready and posters
other.md	Past meetings (usually hidden)

Optional venue starters are underscored (_accommodation.html, _local.html) so they stay out of the nav until you promote them.

Technical notes

• Edit YAML and markdown rather than inventing new HTML layouts when possible.
• Local includes under _includes/ override theme fragments for the banner and date lists.
• For local builds you may need webrick in the Gemfile on newer Ruby versions.